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Sexa SHHP, n =670, n (%) Other, n =454, n (%) Significance Male 524 (78.2) 275 (60.6) P = 0.001 Female 146 (21.8) 178 (39.2) Age range, yearsa SHHP, n =670 Other, n =454 P = 0.001 18–24 58 (8.7) 93 (20.5) 25–29 97 (14.5) 76 (16.7) 30–34 142 (21.2) 79 (17.4) 35–39 110 (16.4) 81 (17.8) 40–44 103 (15.4) 47 (10.4) 45–49 44 (6.6) 17 (3.7) 50–54 30 (4.5) 16 (3.5) 55–59 15 (2.2) 8 (1.8) 60–64 6 (0.9) 3 (0.7) 65–69 6 (0.9) 3 (0.7) ≥70 3 (0.4) 5 (1.1) Rough sleepinga SHHP, n =670 Other, n =454 P = 0.839 Yes 112 (16.7) 78 (17.2) No 558 (83.3) 376 (82.8) Reasons SHHP, n =2545 Other, n =1554 P = 0.026 Medical 540 (21.2) 353 (22.6) Surgical 150 (5.9) 134 (8.6) Trauma 376 (14.8) 272 (17.4) Alcohol 385 (15.1) 182 (11.7) Drugs 579 (22.8) 197 (12.6) Mental health 164 (6.4) 189 (12.1) Unknown or did not wait 229 (9.0) 113 (7.2) Social or other 122 (4.8) 119 (7.6) Triage SHHP, n =2545 Other, n =1554 P = 0.08 Immediate resus 165 (6.5) 75 (4.8) Very urgent 329 (12.9) 204 (13.1) Urgent 1285 (50.5) 804 (51.6) Standard 605 (23.8) 318 (20.4) See and treat 89 (3.5) 110 (7.1) Redirect or medical expected 18 (0.7) 13 (0.8) Referred SHHP, n =2545 Other, n =1554 P = 0.1 No 1729 (67.9) 1111 (71.3) Yes 816 (32.1) 448 (28.7) aN = 1124 patients; n = 101 excluded because of registration with a non-local GP or with no GP. SHHP = specialist homeless health provider.
Frequency of attendance during study period SHHP count (% of SHHP patients),
n = 670Other count (% of other patients),
n = 454Significance 1 276 (41.2) 214 (47.1) P = 0.24 2 137 (20.4) 85 (18.7) 3 69 (10.3) 53 (11.7) 4 49 (7.3) 27 (5.9) ≥5 139 (20.7) 75 (16.6) SHHP = specialist homeless health provider.
Mean attendances over 2.5years n Standard deviation SHHP 3.8 6.0 P = 0.08 Other 3.6 7.6 Mean repeat attendances (excluding one-time attenders) SHHP 5.8 7.2 P = 0.251 Other 5.9 9.5 SHHP = specialist homeless health provider.
Attendances during study perioda 1 2 3 4 ≥5 Male, n (%) 335 (41.9) 164 (20.45) 90 (11.3) 53 (6.6) 158 (19.8) Female, n (%) 155 (47.8) 58 (17.9) 32 (9.9) 23 (7.1) 56 (17.3) Significance, Mann-Whitney U test P = 0.108 aPercentages calculated from relevant sex N-value; male n = 800; female n = 324.
Attendances over study period, n (%)a 1 2 3 4 ≥5 18–24 65 (43.0) 32 (21.2) 21 (13.9) 5 (3.3) 28 (18.5) 25–29 66 (38.2) 32 (18.5) 23 (13.3) 17 (9.8) 35 (20.2) 30–34 93 (42.1) 35 (15.8) 28 (12.7) 17 (7.7) 48 (21.7) 35–39 89 (46.6) 44 (23.0) 14 (7.3) 14 (7.3) 30 (15.7) 40–44 61 (40.7) 35 (23.3) 16 (10.7) 11 (7.3) 27 (18.0) 45–49 46 (50.5) 20 (22.0) 5 (5.5) 3 (3.3) 17 (18.7) 50–54 27 (44.3) 14 (23.0) 6 (9.8) 4 (6.6) 10 (16.4) 55–59 23 (50.0) 5 (10.9) 7 (15.2) 2 (4.3) 9 (19.6) 60–64 12 (52.2) 1 (4.3) 0 (0.0) 2 (8.7) 8 (34.8) 65–69 3 (33.0) 3 (33.0) 1 (11.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (22.2) ≥70 5 (62.0) 1 (12.5) 1 (12.5) 1 (12.5) 0 (0.0) Significance, Kruskal-Wallis P = 0.5 aPercentages calculated from relevant age group N-value.
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